Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202637567 - Worker Installing Water Pipeline Is Electrocuted

Accident Summary Nr: 202637567 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 05/17/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316505825	05/21/2013	1623	237110	H & G Underground Utilities Llc

Abstract: At approximately 12:15 p.m. on May 17, 2013, Employee #1, of H & G Underground Utilities LLC, was involved in the installation of a new water pipeline. He was attempting to guide a 16-inch ductile iron pipe into a trench. The pipe was attached to the excavator with a wire rope sling. At the same time, the excavator's boom was in contact with a 7,200-volt unprotected overhead power line. Employee #1 touched the pipe. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: installing, overhead power line, boom, electrocuted, construction, trench, pipeline, excavator, water pipe, hand

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316505825			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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